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Words for the Day… by Jacob Bronowski

Published by Olly Blackburn

The wish to hurt, the momentary intoxication with pain, is the loophole through which the pervert climbs into the minds of ordinary men.

Words for the Day… by Josef Goebbels (for all the big liars)

Published by Olly Blackburn

If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie. It thus becomes vitally important for the State to use all […]

Words for the Day… by John Stuart Mill

Published by Olly Blackburn

If all mankind minus one, were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person, than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind.

Words for the Day… by Jonathan Swift

Published by Olly Blackburn

When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him.

Words for the Day… by Eli Weisel (RIP)

Published by Olly Blackburn

The opposite of love is not hate, it’s indifference. We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim.

Words for the Day… by Boris Johnson

Published by Olly Blackburn

The European Community, now Union, has helped to deliver a period of peace and prosperity for its people as long as any since the days of the Antonine emperors. — The Churchill Factor

Words for the Day… by Jules Feiffer

Published by Olly Blackburn

I used to think I was poor. Then they told me I wasn’t poor, I was needy. They told me it was self-defeating to think of myself as needy, I was deprived. Then they told me underprivileged was overused. I was disadvantaged. I still don’t have a dime. But I have a great vocabulary.